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To be clear, since I originally found the article confusing – the record would be for organic solar cell's efficiency at 14.2%; they still have a way's to go un
by shock 8y ago
To be clear, since I originally found the article confusing – the record would be for organic solar cell's efficiency at 14.2%; they still have a way's to go until they beat the record for a solar cell's efficiency which sits at 46%¹.
① - As of December 2014, the world record for solar cell efficiency at 46.0% was achieved by using multi-junction concentrator solar cells, developed from collaboration efforts of Soitec, CEA-Leti, France together with Fraunhofer ISE, Germany.
- agumonkey 8y agowhat's second best ? 26% ?
- shock 8y ago44.6%. You can get a better overall idea at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_cell_efficiency#/media/File:PVeff(rev180425).jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_cell_efficiency#/media/F...
- shock 8y agoI think 26% is the efficiency of the best solar cells that are mass produced right now.
- gonesilent 8y agoAnd that turns into about 23% when you make it into a panel. Sunpower is still the leader in cell and panel efficiency.
- Gibbon1 8y agoI kinda wonder about viability of alternatives to Silicon. I say that because the price of high quality silicon has dropped enough that other hardware costs are as important. Higher efficiency means you need less everything else.
- shock 8y agoGraphene should be a contender to Silicon. There's research going on in Graphene-based solar cells but they're still behind in efficiency.